Channel Beat: Cisco's Bold 'Internet Of Everything' Vision

This week's episode of CRN TV's Channel Beat, which recaps the week's biggest stories and trends in the channel, looks at Cisco's 2013 Partner Summit and its bold vision for "Internet of Everything" technology. Cisco CEO John Chambers said Internet-enabled systems will be a $14.4 trillion market for the industry, while other Cisco executives discussed how the company is focusing on software and services in addition to its networking hardware to capitalize on the shift toward intelligently connected systems and devices. This week's Channel Beat recap also looks at new details around Microsoft's Windows 8.1 update as well as new research from the Ponemon Institute on costly data breaches in the U.S.

Doron Kempel says selling hyper-convergence can be challenging for solution providers, but success will come from taking business from competitors that are unprepared or hesitant to embrace the technology.